Hooks cap Blue Ghosts weekend with batting practice on Lexington

The Corpus Christi Hooks took batting practice aboard the flight deck of the Lexington Museum on the Bay Saturday, hitting baseballs into Corpus Christi Bay in front of several hundred fans in attendance.
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Hooks player Taylor Jones takes a swing during batting practice on the Lexington Museum on Bay on Saturday, June 23, 2018.(Photo: Charlie Blalock/Corpus Christi Hooks)

The team, which honored the Lexington by donning Blue Ghosts uniforms and caps June 21-23, took batting practice atop the aircraft carrier Saturday afternoon ahead of their game against Frisco.

Taylor Jones, Eduardo de Oleo, Alex De Goti and Randy Cesar all took cuts on the ship's flight deck, hitting baseballs into Corpus Christi Bay where fans were assembled retrieving balls from the water.

Hooks fans Chris and Sandy Wilson were among the hundreds of fans that watched batting practice from the Lexington.

"We had been planning on coming as soon as we saw that they were going to be here," said Hooks fan Sandy Wilson, wearing a Blue Ghosts shirt. "We were waiting for it."